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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

This computer came pre-configured with Fiesty. The first time i set it up it let me set up a user account, but not a super user account. I can usually run root level commands by typing sudo and then my password, but when type su it asks for a password and the password I usually use doesn't work.

When I type alsaconf it says command not found. I thought that if it was a commmand that existed at the root level it would tell me I don't have permission to use the command.

I have considered re-installing Gutsy from an iso image, or restoring factory defaults and seeing if I could set it up differently. I would really rather not do either of those things.

I would like to use ubuntu studio, but im wondering if it is incompatible with this computer.

I finally got my sound back. For anyone who is interested, it turned out to be a Kernal problem.

After trying every solution I could come up with I called Dell technical support. They walked me through every solution they could come up with and finally told me to restore my factory defaults.

As they were walking me through the process. They told me up Restart the computer and press escape while the grep process was running. This opened the grep menu.

The last choice in this menu is restore factory settings, but the other choices are to restart the computer with different Kernals.

I suggested we try one of these and so we did and it worked.

Anyway so then he showed me how to change the default so that it would always load that Kernal. I dont exactly remember the process right now, but if anyone is interested you can send me a private message and I will try to remember the exact steps.